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Inexpensive DIY Herbal Face Masks
If you have normal to dry skin and keep it cleansed and toned regularly, you need only occasionally use face masks for deeper cleansing and conditioning. If your skin is particularly oily you could use a face mask about once a week to tone the skin, particularly after steaming the face. When you have chosen…
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Do you Know a Mom Who Is Nursing? Share this with Her, She Will Thank You
As a mom of three and a serious breastfeeding madwoman, I’d be lost without my herbal tea for enhancing milk production. I’ve shared this tea with many moms on the verge of losing their milk and have had many fabulous stories. All of the organic herbs in Breast is Best Tea has been used for…
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Do This Now & Protect Your Body from Toxic Chemicals
It is a terrible fact that we live in a world where pesticides are sprayed freely over all our lawns, crops, and plants. Our children are exposed to thousands of these chemicals just by playing on grass that has been treated with pesticides. Even babies in the womb are exposed to these deadly chemicals and…
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Tea for all your troubles!
We often forget just how powerful a cup of tea can be. All around the world herbal teas are known to enhance our mood, induce sleep, relax our nerves, reduce inflammation and infection and treat a number of ailments. If you are not familiar with the world of herbs – I invite you to read…
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Coconut Oil: One of the Best Oils to Use for Cooking & Beauty
Did you know that Coconut Oil is one of the best oils to use for cooking? Not refined hydrogenated coconut oil but organic unrefined Virgin Coconut Oil. Unfortunately, many people are misinformed about the benefits of coconut oil. Studies were done to show that coconut oil, and all saturated fats, were bad for one’s health…
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One Moms Adventure with Shea Butter & a Canker Sore
There isn’t anything more painful and pestering than a canker sore in your mouth. Depending on where the sore is located in can be extremely painful to the touch and eating is almost impossible. Recently while I was brushing my teeth with the baby in arm (he is my little cling on), he smacked the…
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Make your own Herbal Perfume
I love making my own roll ons and body sprays to use instead of toxic, overpriced commercial products. For years I’ve been crafting herbal products and sharing with family, friends and those in my local community. Not only do they smell great, but by making my own products, I am avoiding all of the cancer-causing…
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Natural Beauty Solutions Plus Facial Scrub/Wash Recipe
I often get complimented on my skin, at how soft and smooth it looks. I laugh because I don’t use anything chemical or store-bought on my face. Its all stuff I make in my little apothecary. From makeup to masks and herbal washes, everything that I use is handcrafted to be free from fragrances, scented…
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Top-rated sunscreens for broad spectrum protection with fewer hazardous ingredients
Summer is here and the sun is waiting for us. With so much talk on sun safety, vitamin D and skin cancer I wanted to give you some safe options on protecting your skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays. There is a great review of sunscreen products done by the EWG – Environmental Working Group. …
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Are your Beauty and Home Cleaning Products Toxic?
Did you know that a synthetic petrochemical carcinogen called 1,4-dioxane is in everything from J & J’s baby wash to Tide laundry detergent, Dial Clean & Soft Aloe an0bacterial hand soaps, Olay Complete Body Wash with Vitamins (Normal Skin) and many other products? According to The Environmental Working Group; “Many manufacturers use ethoxylation, a cheap,…
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